This open-source application maps the information that your iPhone is recording about your movements. It doesn't record anything itself, it only displays files that are already hidden on your computer. Alasdair Allan (alasdair@babilim.co.uk) @aallan on Twitter Pete Warden (pete@petewarden.com) @petewarden on Twitter This application relies on map tiles from the volunteer-run OpenStreetMap project, so please consider supporting their great work. You can download this project in either zip or ...

Major media outlets began to cover the iPhone tracking story quickly after the software became available.

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Interesting conversations have started in both the technical and non-technical press regarding how "important" the tracking information is technically and equally important will consumers actually care?

A classic curt response from Steve Jobs the controversy "no we don't track". Is he even technically correct given what is known about the issue and they rationale used for the collecting the data in the first place?

Bloomberg was first to report today that two iPad/iPhone users have filed a class action lawsuit accusing Apple of invasion of privacy and computer fraud, and of "secretly recording movements of iPhone and iPad users." Vikram Ajjampur, an iPhone user in Florida, and William Devito, a New York iPad customer, sued April 22 in federal court in Tampa, Florida, seeking a judge's order barring the alleged data collection. The complaint cited a report last week by two computer programmers claiming ...

Apple would like to respond to the questions we have recently received about the gathering and use of location information by our devices. 1. Why is Apple tracking the location of my iPhone? Apple is not tracking the location of your iPhone. Apple has never done so and has no plans to ever do so. 2. Then why is everyone so concerned about this? Providing mobile users with fast and accurate location information while preserving their security and privacy has raised some very complex technical...

For those of you who are concerned please note that it has been mentioned that if your iPhone/iPad require a passcode for access the raw file uploaded to your computer via iTunes is encrypted. I have not yet been able to independently verify this.